Lasker Combinations 8

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Beautiful endgame combination - well worth knowing about


N.N. - Lasker
Simultan, 1914

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Black to play and win


Answer follows:

Black only has one saving resource here and wins by a double sacrifice - first of the rook to attract the white king to a square where a further pawn can be sacced with check, leaving a won king and pawn endgame. Nice.


1...Rh4 2.Kxh4 g5+ 0-1


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